If the sun rises in the east and sets in the west then were is it in the middle of the day?

Answer 1

Depends on were you are and the season. It is not a question simply answered. There is short period each year when the sun is actually at true east when it rises and true west when it sets. Depending on the season it will rise north or south of east and set north or south of west.

Same goes for the midday location. While it is overhead, it can still be tracked with a compass.

Earth-Sun Geometry
Earth Rotation and Revolution
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/6h.html

Answer 2

So, We have a hand wave (Lots of ways, I'm just not going to give one) Mars retrograde (So the End Of Days has been happening for the last 4 billion years on a regular basis about every 26 months. Yeah, right. And the sun is not the sun, but a son. Where have I heard that before? O.K. a man will rise in the west. West of what? Define rise? American presidents rise and fall every 4 or 8 years. I rose this morning and got out of bed on the east side - does that mean that I rose in the west? THE END OF THE WORLD IS NIGH !!! Meanwhile there are some ways I could see this happening: Big meteorite strike with enough momentum to reverse the Earth's spin. However, the sun rising in the west would be s sign that the world had already ended, not a predictor. Reversal of the poles. This is going to happen Real Soon Now in geological terms, so sometime in the next 10,000 years. It has happened before. The world did not end. And this is just redefining "West" it does not alter the earth's spin or the movement of the sun across the sky. In about 4.5 billion years the sun will expand to beyond the Earth's orbit. At that point the sun will 'rise' everywhere ay once. Again this is a post-diction rather than a prediction. I'm not going to hold my breath on this one.

Answer 3

Take an example of a mountain. There r two sides of a mountain. If a climber starts climbing on the eastern side of the mountain and usually ends up at the western side of the mountain (note: we dont care why he climbs the mountain) and if someone asks us that whats the middle point b/t the two sides, then ur most likely gonna say that its the mountain top, since its the middle of the two sides. Same case with the sun, if u ask where is it in the middle of the day, it wouldnt be on anything's top, but somewhere in the MIDDLE of east and west. I dont know where, but its 95% in the middle of E and W :)

Answer 4

At midday the sun is "on the meridian", which means it is on the line that runs north-south through your position on earth. So the Sun is either North or South, or (just possibly) exactly overhead.

For observers in the Northern temperate or Arctic zones, the Sun is ALWAYS south at midday. For observers in the Southern temperate and Antarctic zones, the Sun is ALWAYS north at midday.

For observers in the tropics, the answer depends on your latitude and the time of the year.

Answer 5

Overhead.

Answer 6

Friend, I fear you have had your head where the sun don't shine.

Answer 7

Brevity and finality above all. It would be above your noggin

Answer 8

Why don't you go outside and look.

Answer 9

At it's zenith